Rachel Dwyer is an author and culture critic based in London. She has written extensively on Hindi cinema and is an Open contributor
India’s long tryst with gemmology still fascinates the West
A series mirrors the early life and times of Bombay studios—and India
India may have won two Oscars but Indian cinema is not there yet
The Pathaan momentum tells a story larger than its action hero
Will Hindi films return to form this year?
And escaping into the cloudbursts of Indian imagination
Effortlessly shuttling between romance and rage
King Charles III must remember that royalty needs charisma to succeed
The Murmu moment and cinema’s indebtedness to Adivasi culture
The evolution of curses in mythology and cinema
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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